yes , or when mills and sommerset are talking to doe in the police car on the way to the meeting point.

Its a bit obscure but ive always loved the scene in the original omen where warner and peck are talking at the roadside snack van about revelations and all that. followed by the equally watchable scene where peck is laid on the bed reciting the poem.

I wrote the following a while back concerning my favourite ever scene....

The entire sequence from entering Dwarrowdelf until leaving Moria is one of heart-pounding tension and eye-popping joy, and coming as it does at the top spot of moments from my favourite film, it manages to become my favourite film sequence from all time in the process.

There's so much to love about it I could never even begin to do the scene justice but I'll natter on anyhow.

Continuing their journey after Gandalf's momentary lapse of direction, the Fellowship enter the city of Dwarrowdelf. Vast, cavernous, seemingly stretching to infinity, it as, as Sam says, an eye-opener. Aware of its impressiveness, Gandalf almost teases his comrades prior to providing extra illumination, the music for Dwarrowdelf solemn yet proud, almost mourning this fallen city. The angular, geometric, monolithic nature of the massive pillars reflect the nature of the dwarves and their mithril-mining activities, perhaps even their arrogance as well. But ruins abound also, so perhaps all is not well.

Moving into Balin's tomb, and Gimli offers up a quiet prayer fir his fallen cousin as Gandalf translates first the runes from the tomb of Balin and then the book.

"They have taken the bridge…and the second hall. We have barred the gates…but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes. Drums...drums…in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming"

It's an ominous voice from the past, echoing the fall of a realm yet hinting at what's about to come, and is perfectly delivered by a sombre McKellen. And then Pippin goes and wrecks the mood. From within the depths of Moria, clangs, booms and screeches resound, breaking the silence, and Fellowship's central set-piece kicks off in earnest. Music cuts and the sound of battle takes over. It's quite a brutal affair, all the Fellowship members afforded the opportunity to spill blood and the stakes are obviously high.

And then the cave troll lumbers in. The troll is one of the weaker effects from the trilogy, but it's not to the detriment of the scene and he does come bearing his own personality. As an aside, if you ever play the game for The Two Towers, which includes elements from the first film, defeating the cave troll is one of the most bastard hard things you'll ever do, flailing his chain about like a whip, Git. Anyways, the cave troll is defeated, and Frodo's saved by his Mithril vest. All, is good, no?

"To the Bridge of Khazad-dûm!" With this, the Fellowship bursts forth from Balin's tomb, and the off-kilter orc music is overpowered by The Fellowship theme in its most heroic statement. The scuttling orcs attack from every angle but the Fellowship is saved, not by their own doing, but from a low, not quite distant growl, and orange an glow. Even Legolas looks scared. It's our first hint of what to expect, bar the brief glimpse that Saruman provides in the extended cut. The choir starts chantingand then never stops for the next five minutes. It's the most vocal heavy area of all 11 hours of music, the dwarvish cultures music heavily dependant on voices; an all-male Maori-Samoan choir and the fabled rugby "grunters". I believe Peter Jackson wanted them to sound like voices from hell, and coupled with the fiery imagery on display, I think the whole thing does a fairly excellent job at showing us Hell on Middle-Earth.

The collapsing stairwell, just one more obstacle to overcome, provides both tension and spectacle and a few laughs as well, a perfect example of how the conceptual artwork proved invaluable within the films. A sequence that came about simply because Alan Lee draw the stairwell with a portion missing, it was expanded upon to become its own little set-piece. It looks suitably epic, I love the huge chunk of masonry falling into the fiery caverns below, and provides us with a last burst of the Fellowship theme. Cinema's greatest piece of music will never be heard in so grand a form again.

The Balrog is bloody magnificent. It really is. The heat haze, the soot, the crackling under the skin like lava, the flames, the smoke when he unfurls his wings, the flaming whip and sword. You can practically feel the heat, especially that moment when he roars at Gandalf. The scenery as we travel further from Dwarrowdelf reflect this too, there's a volcanic feel to the stairwell chamber. This monster is a terrifying spectacle and one of the most fantastically realised beasts I've ever seen.

And then the Bridge of Khazad-dum. "You shall not pass". Just thinking about it sends shivers up my spine. In fact, alongside the music and McKellen's performance in general, it was this particular moment that became one thing I truly adored about the film in my first viewing of it at the cinema. Next time I saw this moment, I knew I was watching my favourite film. It's magnificence in film form. I've heard a few people complain that the wording has been changed from the book's "You cannot pass". I like the change, "cannot" implies that the Balrog is a fool simply incapable of crossing a bridge, "shall not" is Gandalf actively defying him, as it should be.

Then Gandalf , after apparent victory, falls to his death. I had never expected Gandalf to die, and watching it in the cinema I was almost in tears (these days I am in tears, of course). It's the reactions once the Fellowship leave Moria that really sell it, stunned disbelief and sorrow, complimented by the heartbreaking music. .....

Sorry it was so long

My second favourite would be this

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So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

I wrote the following a while back concerning my favourite ever scene....

The entire sequence from entering Dwarrowdelf until leaving Moria is one of heart-pounding tension and eye-popping joy, and coming as it does at the top spot of moments from my favourite film, it manages to become my favourite film sequence from all time in the process.

There's so much to love about it I could never even begin to do the scene justice but I'll natter on anyhow.

Continuing their journey after Gandalf's momentary lapse of direction, the Fellowship enter the city of Dwarrowdelf. Vast, cavernous, seemingly stretching to infinity, it as, as Sam says, an eye-opener. Aware of its impressiveness, Gandalf almost teases his comrades prior to providing extra illumination, the music for Dwarrowdelf solemn yet proud, almost mourning this fallen city. The angular, geometric, monolithic nature of the massive pillars reflect the nature of the dwarves and their mithril-mining activities, perhaps even their arrogance as well. But ruins abound also, so perhaps all is not well.

Moving into Balin's tomb, and Gimli offers up a quiet prayer fir his fallen cousin as Gandalf translates first the runes from the tomb of Balin and then the book.

"They have taken the bridge…and the second hall. We have barred the gates…but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes. Drums...drums…in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming"

It's an ominous voice from the past, echoing the fall of a realm yet hinting at what's about to come, and is perfectly delivered by a sombre McKellen. And then Pippin goes and wrecks the mood. From within the depths of Moria, clangs, booms and screeches resound, breaking the silence, and Fellowship's central set-piece kicks off in earnest. Music cuts and the sound of battle takes over. It's quite a brutal affair, all the Fellowship members afforded the opportunity to spill blood and the stakes are obviously high.

And then the cave troll lumbers in. The troll is one of the weaker effects from the trilogy, but it's not to the detriment of the scene and he does come bearing his own personality. As an aside, if you ever play the game for The Two Towers, which includes elements from the first film, defeating the cave troll is one of the most bastard hard things you'll ever do, flailing his chain about like a whip, Git. Anyways, the cave troll is defeated, and Frodo's saved by his Mithril vest. All, is good, no?

"To the Bridge of Khazad-dûm!" With this, the Fellowship bursts forth from Balin's tomb, and the off-kilter orc music is overpowered by The Fellowship theme in its most heroic statement. The scuttling orcs attack from every angle but the Fellowship is saved, not by their own doing, but from a low, not quite distant growl, and orange an glow. Even Legolas looks scared. It's our first hint of what to expect, bar the brief glimpse that Saruman provides in the extended cut. The choir starts chantingand then never stops for the next five minutes. It's the most vocal heavy area of all 11 hours of music, the dwarvish cultures music heavily dependant on voices; an all-male Maori-Samoan choir and the fabled rugby "grunters". I believe Peter Jackson wanted them to sound like voices from hell, and coupled with the fiery imagery on display, I think the whole thing does a fairly excellent job at showing us Hell on Middle-Earth.

The collapsing stairwell, just one more obstacle to overcome, provides both tension and spectacle and a few laughs as well, a perfect example of how the conceptual artwork proved invaluable within the films. A sequence that came about simply because Alan Lee draw the stairwell with a portion missing, it was expanded upon to become its own little set-piece. It looks suitably epic, I love the huge chunk of masonry falling into the fiery caverns below, and provides us with a last burst of the Fellowship theme. Cinema's greatest piece of music will never be heard in so grand a form again.

The Balrog is bloody magnificent. It really is. The heat haze, the soot, the crackling under the skin like lava, the flames, the smoke when he unfurls his wings, the flaming whip and sword. You can practically feel the heat, especially that moment when he roars at Gandalf. The scenery as we travel further from Dwarrowdelf reflect this too, there's a volcanic feel to the stairwell chamber. This monster is a terrifying spectacle and one of the most fantastically realised beasts I've ever seen.

And then the Bridge of Khazad-dum. "You shall not pass". Just thinking about it sends shivers up my spine. In fact, alongside the music and McKellen's performance in general, it was this particular moment that became one thing I truly adored about the film in my first viewing of it at the cinema. Next time I saw this moment, I knew I was watching my favourite film. It's magnificence in film form. I've heard a few people complain that the wording has been changed from the book's "You cannot pass". I like the change, "cannot" implies that the Balrog is a fool simply incapable of crossing a bridge, "shall not" is Gandalf actively defying him, as it should be.

Then Gandalf , after apparent victory, falls to his death. I had never expected Gandalf to die, and watching it in the cinema I was almost in tears (these days I am in tears, of course). It's the reactions once the Fellowship leave Moria that really sell it, stunned disbelief and sorrow, complimented by the heartbreaking music. .....

Sorry it was so long

Agree with everything about this ^

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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts And I looked and behold, a pale horse And his name that sat on him was Death And Hell followed with him.

Without a doubt, its the ending of Lawn Dogs. The combination of music and imagery is so spectacular it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

It's HERE on youtube (worth 3 minutes of your time). Won't mean much without seeing the rest of the film, but it is really really beautiful cinema.

ha ha , could you have thought of a more obscure film, all those millions of scenes to choose from where people might have said yeah, cool scene... and you pick a film 4 people know about. whats that all about?

Without a doubt, its the ending of Lawn Dogs. The combination of music and imagery is so spectacular it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

It's HERE on youtube (worth 3 minutes of your time). Won't mean much without seeing the rest of the film, but it is really really beautiful cinema.

ha ha , could you have thought of a more obscure film, all those millions of scenes to choose from where people might have said yeah, cool scene... and you pick a film 4 people know about. whats that all about?

So we're only allowed to pick scenes from films that loads of other people have seen? What would be the point of that? Favourite means personal favourite, whether the choice is popular or obscure is irrelevant. Why are you being a dick?

Without a doubt, its the ending of Lawn Dogs. The combination of music and imagery is so spectacular it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

It's HERE on youtube (worth 3 minutes of your time). Won't mean much without seeing the rest of the film, but it is really really beautiful cinema.

ha ha , could you have thought of a more obscure film, all those millions of scenes to choose from where people might have said yeah, cool scene... and you pick a film 4 people know about. whats that all about?

The essay on the Lord Of The Rings scene is just as obscure to someone like me who doesn't give a shit about hobbits, so what's the difference?

I posted a link to it for those who are unfamiliar with it - did you watch it?

Without a doubt, its the ending of Lawn Dogs. The combination of music and imagery is so spectacular it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

It's HERE on youtube (worth 3 minutes of your time). Won't mean much without seeing the rest of the film, but it is really really beautiful cinema.

ha ha , could you have thought of a more obscure film, all those millions of scenes to choose from where people might have said yeah, cool scene... and you pick a film 4 people know about. whats that all about?

Well first of all: so what if someone picks something obscure? Secondly: the film they picked is hardly obscure - I'd wager most posters on here have, if not seen it, at least heard of it, and not just the Arty Farty Elite or whatever it is you call them.

Without a doubt, its the ending of Lawn Dogs. The combination of music and imagery is so spectacular it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

It's HERE on youtube (worth 3 minutes of your time). Won't mean much without seeing the rest of the film, but it is really really beautiful cinema.

ha ha , could you have thought of a more obscure film, all those millions of scenes to choose from where people might have said yeah, cool scene... and you pick a film 4 people know about. whats that all about?

You know what, I like it - nay, love it - when people mention "obscure" films that I haven't seen or heard of before, because it often leads me to excellent films that I otherwise wouldn't have sought out. That's one of the main reasons I come on these forums...

From The Exorcist (Theatrical Cut) - Father Karras' haunted, grief-stricken dream about his mother, featuring the first glimpse of the demon's face. I just love the eerie, muted sound and the way it's shattered by Regan's screaming:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0RJ_iuBPo

From Coppola's Dracula (1992) - The first seduction scene with Dracula and Mina in the museum and the 'Cinematograph'. I love the backdrop of the advancing technology, including the brief glimpse of the puppets re-enacting the battle in which Vlad himself fights against the Turks at the start of the film. It nicely compliments Dracula's own words about the "oceans of time":- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg_GW3HmKVY

From The Crow - Draven's transformation brilliantly edited and complimented by The Cure's Burn. It's basically a mini rock-video but suits the vibe of the movie perfectly. Goosebumps every time:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGsK-F3kfA

The attack on the Death star from A new hope. The final chase from Mad Max 2 McClane fighting Karl in Die Hard Shootout in the club The Terminator "Johnny B Goode" Back to the future "You bow to no one" LOTRROTK "Funny how?" Goodfellas Norris transformation The Thing "You know what she did.....?" The Exorcist Final scenes of Evil Dead 2 End of Shawshank redemption

Not the sort of thing I find easy to think of favourites for, but I do like the following:

The Big Lebowski - too many to mention, but the first meeting between the two Lebowski is class, as are the scenes where they's bowling (the one where Walter convinces the Dude that he ought to get the other Lebowski to replace his rug, the Jesus scene etc). I also love the botched bag-drop scene.

Clerks - Having watched the 2nd one again the other night, I can't help thinking Kevin Smith's style seems borderline passé now (as is Tarantino) but a lot of Clerks is great - the dicussions about contractors on the Death Star and the cigarette gum bloke being two of my faves.

American Psycho - The business card comparisson scene.

Terminator 2 - Liquid nitrogen.

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"Its staring at you in the face Mark, there's only one more sex to try..."

From Jurassic Park - the scene of the first T-Rex attack, a masterclass in suspense, pacing, humour and terror. Deciding to remove a previously written score for the scene was definitely a good move. I remember seeing it for the first time at the Empire, Leicester Square when I was sixteen and once the scene was finished you could hear the whole audience exhaling. Couldn't find the entire scene with the build-up but this'll do:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Co3A3fLBo

Without a doubt, its the ending of Lawn Dogs. The combination of music and imagery is so spectacular it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

It's HERE on youtube (worth 3 minutes of your time). Won't mean much without seeing the rest of the film, but it is really really beautiful cinema.

ha ha , could you have thought of a more obscure film, all those millions of scenes to choose from where people might have said yeah, cool scene... and you pick a film 4 people know about. whats that all about?

You know what, I like it - nay, love it - when people mention "obscure" films that I haven't seen or heard of before, because it often leads me to excellent films that I otherwise wouldn't have sought out. That's one of the main reasons I come on these forums...

Unforgiven - the scenes in Skinny's bar "Deserves got nothing to do with it.", I love the dialogue in this film. Also the opening ten minutes of There Will be Blood and the transit of Venus from Sunshine.